Japanese Edo Period Essay

Japanese Edo Period Art

The Edo period had a lot of importance & impact on Japan as it helped flourish its culture by cutting off the west and isolating itself, with the help of many Schools of Japan learning new techniques in art which would become the norm for today. A lot of the impact was on the social classes, as artists started to become noticed, and recognised for the art they created.
The points to discuss will be on ‘who’ to talk about. First, I’ll look at Hoitsu & Buncho from Edo as well as other influential artists. Next, the ‘what’. Such as the subjects that the artists focused on, such as: Nature, Pleasure, the Mountains and Sea, and Urban Life. The ‘why’, I’ll be looking at why they chose the subjects they decided to focus on as well as the method of their creation. When talking about ‘where’ the major cities of art during this time being: Kyoto, Edo, and Nagasaki. And ‘how’ the art was made, being the popular method used such as: woodblock prints. …show more content…
This was an important place as it was where talented artists from other regions could go. It also meant that they were able to draw upon different and foreign styles. One of Kyoto’s schools, the Kano School, was one of the most influential schools in Japan and helped developed art where the head of the school, Kano Eitoku developed and introduced a strength to the paintings, making them big and grand, through the use of Kano styles. His paintings would appeal to the aspirations of the warlords of that time and matched the wishes of the patrons, though the use of oversized and grand animals, figures and scenes of nature that would convoy power. His son and grandson would then carry on that style themselves and would make it evident in their